Baling-press



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J. W. BAKER.

BALING' PRESS. I No. 248,387. Patented Oct. 18,1881.

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JOHN W. BAKER, OF HARDIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

BALlNG -PRESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 248,387, dated October 18, 1881.

Application filed June 16, 1881.- (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. BAKER, of the county of Hardin and State of Tennessee, have invented certain useful Improvements in Baling-Prcsscs, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the line x :r, Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a sectional end elevation ofthe same, taken through the line y y, Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the operation of baling cotton, hay, and other materials.

The invention consists in a baling-press constructed with a frame, a baling-box having guides, the follower having guides, a stationary head-block, planks and tie-bars to be de tached for removing the bale, pairs of levers for forcing the follower down, a shaft, pulleys and rope, and a drum and rope for operating the pairs of levers, and a shaft, drum, and ropes for raising the follower, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Ais the frame of the press, which is made open at the ends to provide space for the movements of the operating-levers. The lower side bars upon each side of the frame A are connected by cross-bars B, firmly framed to them to support the ends of the baling-box O, which is securely attached to the said crossbars and to the said lower side bars of the frame A. The side boards, D, of each end of the baling-box G project upward to serve as guides to the follower E. The headblock F is attached to the sills of the frame A. The spaces between the lower cross-bars, B, and the sills of the frame A are closed by cross planks G, and the spaces between the lowest side bars and the sills ot' the frame A are closed by the planks H. The inner sides of the side planks, H, are grooved to receive the the ends of the end planks, G, so as to support the said end planks against outward pressure. The ends of the side planks, H, project beyond the end planks, G, and are slotted to receive the tie-bars I, which have cross-heads upon their ends to rest against the outer sides of the side planks, H,and support the said side planks against outward pressure. With this construction the planks G H can be readily removed for convenience in taking out the compressed hale.

To the corners of the follower E are attached upwardly-projectin g bars J, which rest and slide against the guides D to keep the said follower horizontal as it moves up and down.

To the side parts of the upper side of the follower E are attached two bars or flanges, K, to and between which are hinged the lower ends of two levers, L. The upper ends of the levers L are slotted to receive and are hinged to the upper ends of two levers, M, thelower ends of which are hinged to and between the end parts of the sills of the frame A. V

In hearings attached to the centers of the top side bars of the frame A works ashaft, N, to which, near one side bar of the said frame A, is attached the end of a rope, O. From the shaft N the r pe 0 passes to and around a pulley, P, pivoted to a clevis, Q, attached to the hinging-bolt that connects the'upper ends of the levers L M at that end of the press. From the pulley P the rope 0 passes to and around a pulley, It, pivoted to a clevis, S, attached to the bolt that hinges the upper ends of the other pair of levers L M to each other. From the pulley R the rope'O passes to and around the pulley'P, thence to and around the pulley It, and thence to the shaft N, to which its end is attached. With this construction, when the shaft N is revolved both ends of the rope O are wound upon it and the upper ends of the two pairs of levers L M are drawn inward toward the shaft N. The inward movement of the upper ends of the levers L M forces the lower ends of the levers L clownward, pressing the follower E downward and compressing the material in the baling-box G into a bale. One end of the shaft N projects, and to it is attacheda large pulley or drum, T, to which is attached the end of the drawrope U. The draw-rope U is wound around the drum T in the opposite direction from the rope 0, so that one of the said ropes will be wound up as the other is unwound. The free end of I00 the rope U is passed around a guide-pulley, V, pivotedto the lowerpart of the side of the frame A in such a position as to bring the free end of the said rope U into proper position for the horse or other power to be attached to it to apply the draft.

W is a shaft the journals of which revolve in bearings attached to the lower sides of the middle parts of the top side bars of the frame A in such positions that the inner side of said shaft Wwill be directly over the central crossline of the baling-box C.

To the centers of the flanges K of the follower E are attached the ends of two ropes, X, the other ends of which are attached to the shaft W, so that the said ropes X will he wound up and the follower E raised out ot'the haling-hox G by turning the said shaft W.

To the projecting end of the shaft W, upon the opposite side of the frame A from the drum T, is attached a drum,Y, to which is attached the end of the rope Z. The rope Z is wound upon the drum Y in the opposite direction from the ropes X, so that the said ropes X will be wound up and unwound as the rope Z is unwound and wound up. The free end of the rope Z is passed around a guide-pulley, a,

pivoted to the lower part of the frame A in such a position that the draft can be conveniently applied tothe said rope Z. With this construction the follower will be forced down with great power, and can be easily and quickly raised, the material to be pressed can be readily inserted in the baling-hox, and the bale can he easily and quickly hound and removed from the said baling-box.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A baliug-press constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of the frame A B, the haling-hox 0, having guides D, the follower E, havin 5; guides J, thehead-block F, the planks and tie-bars G H I, the pairs of levers L M, the shaft, pulleys, and ropes N P R O, the drum and rope T U, and the shaft, drum, and ropes \V Y X Z, substantially as herein shown and described,

JOHN W. BAKER.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM A. HELMS, SALENA \VRIGH'I. 

